Amazon Launches Free Shipping Program for Small Items


As e-commerce shifts to m-commerce (the trend of using mobile devices to shop online), Internet retail giants like Amazon, eBay, and Alibaba are engaged in an all-out war for dominance. Yet, as...

New Powerful Enemies Move In on Amazon


Amazon has developed some new enemies in its battle with book publisher Hachette: high-profile authors. Best-selling author and guru to teens John Green is the latest to pile on against the largest...

Prime Factors: Should Amazon Really Mess With The Best Loyalty Program In Retail?


Amazon has never been one to mind the contradictions. It’s a consumer e-commerce giant and a leader in cloud computing. The two don’t really have anything to do with one another, yet together they’ve...

Amazon To Create 5,000 New Full-Time Jobs in US


Of the 7000 new jobs for which Amazon will be making space, 5,000 are at its fulfillment centers. As for the remaining 2000, they consist of clientele service positions. It means 5,000 jobs will be...